The Best Soil Mix for Containers

In 2023 and I’m here to say that this is the BEST soil mix I’ve ever had!!! I’ve used this method for 2 years and people are always amazed at how much harvest I always end up with! I’ve grown okras, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants in this soil and my harvest has always been bountiful!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I am a first time gardener and purchased top soil, peat moss and compost from Home Depot today. I was told nothing will survive in that mix. I was told to use potting mix instead. I lied and told them it was my grandmother's recipe that worked well for her and is a recipe that I trust. I purchased it all and cannot wait to start planting!!! :)

Everyone who does container planting should watch this video. I wish I have watched before I started my first planting

I’ve been using this exact formula given to me by a man who grew roses for 40 years. My gardens and container plants have all done well for 20 years running. I just pulled up my 6 dahlias which lived in this formula for 7 years. I split them and have close to 100 now! Thank you for your time and information!

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Thank you. Simple and effective method that anyone can do. Thousands likes

Just found your site. I've now seen a couple of your videos. Made me smile. Reminds me of home. Lots of good advice, no nonsense and some passion. You could be one of my neighbors as I was growing up who just knows everything and doesn't mind sharing. Thank you. Looks like today my wife and I will be making some potting soil!

Great video.

I do container gardening up north in zone 5A and make my own homemade potting mix. I start by using clay dug from my backyard I let it dry in the sun on my driveway then I crush it into a fine powder then sweep it up and collect it. I used to use the topsoil as part of my base ingredients instead of clay, but I've found that the clay has way more minerals than the native topsoil in my backyard. Basically I mix the clay, coarse garden perlite, compost, worm castings, coconut coir , plus inoculants and amendments together by hand. Per XL 10 cubic foot giant wheelbarrow (1 batch): 5 gallons coconut coir 5 gallons of crushed powdered clay 5 gallons of locally-sourced earth worm castings 5 gallons of my homemade super compost (fortified with rock dust and charcoal) 5 gallons of coarse garden perlite This is the bulk of my soil base mix. Then I add these inoculants and amendments to the base mix listed above. (1)Bat Guano (2)Bone meal (3) blood meal (4) rice hauls (5) alfalfa meal (6) kelp meal (7) seaweed meal (8) aged chicken manure (9) green sand "mineral deposits from the ocean floor" (10) feather meal (11) mycorrhiza "a type of fungus" (12) microorganism mix "multiple different types of microorganism bacteria" (13) neem cake meal (14) red wiggler worms about one dozen per flower pot depending on the pot size If you could see through my soil would look like a tangled web of millions of white spider webs in the soil mixture, this is also known as Santa's Beard, it's a good thing 👍. This is the holy grail of the home gardener, it's known as "soil hyphae" a type of mycorrhiza fungus network that has a beneficial symbiotic relationship with the vegetable plant roots. If you're able to achieve this hyphae network magical things happen like absolute ridiculous yields from one plant, it's truly insane 😳👍. I basically make a living soil and let the soil feed the plants (happy soil microbes happy plants)🤷. The only time i actually feed the plants is maybe for the first 5 weeks. I might occasionally mix some fish emulsion with water depending on the current growth rate. Basically if you build your soil properly in the beginning, there's really no reason to feed your plants in my very short grow season 🤷. Happy gardening all hope this helps someone ✌️.